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13887 [957]. Observatory Island. December 19, 1908. Length, 130 mm. 

 Barbels orange. First dorsal uniformly colored. Yellow bars on soft dorsal 

 and anal. Caudal uniform. Ventrals pink, with dusky edges. 



8206. Port Busin, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length, 260 mm. 



Six examples. Port Calton. December 15, 1908. Length, 84 to 113 mm. 



15113 [1385], 18717. Port Dupon, Leyte. March 17, 1909. Length, 203 to 

 210 mm. Purplish gray. Very black saddle from middle of second dorsal to 

 lateral line and another across middle of caudal peduncle, shows intensely as 

 black blotch on middle of caudal peduncle; margins of upper scales on body 

 yellowish. Barbels purplish, pale at tips. Si)inous dorsal uniform purplish, 

 somewhat yellow on first and second membranes. Soft dorsal blackish basally, 

 this extending over posterior portion and all of last ray; front portion of fin with 

 3 yellow bars, interval between lilac. Anal pale with 4 yellow bars. Caudal 

 with yellow stripes on branches of rays, edges of each lobe dusky. Pectorals 

 yellowish, without distinct bars. Ventral pink or purplish, crossed by irregular 

 bars with lilac intervals. 



10473, 11038, 18962. Port Maricaban. July 21, 1908. Length, 192 to 205 mm. 



11367, 18176. Port San Pio Quinto. November 11, 1908. Length, 95 to 209 mm. 



14771. Romblon. March 26, 1908. Length, 113 mm. 



17602. San Miguel Island, Tabaco Bay. June 4, 1909. Length, 172 mm. 



5787 [1980]. Simaluc Island, north of Tawitawi. September 22, 1909. Length, 

 246 mm. Lower half of second dorsal including all of last 2 rays black, above 

 crossed by alternate sulphur-yellow and pale reddish bars, 4 of each. Anal 

 dusky, with 4 yellow bars crossing terminal portion, basal part more or less 

 irregularly mottled and barred with yellow. 



6604. Simaluc, Bisibisi. September 23, 1909. Length, 127 mm. 



16019. Sulade Island. September 18, 1909. Length, 165 mm. 



6838. Tataan, Simulac Island. February 19, 1908. Length, 193 mm. 



14304, 14305, 16259. Teomabal Island. September 18, 1909. Length, 110 to 

 182 mm. 



6640, 6661. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 23, 1908. Length, 212 to 253 mm. 

 (6661.) Dusky olivaceous above, slight reddish wash most distinct on lower 

 portions and scales edged yellow. Blackish saddle under second dorsal on 

 caudal peduncle. Obscure narrow yellow stripes through eye. First dorsal 

 spines dusky, membranes reddish, yellow in front. Second dorsal dusky, 

 posterior and produced rays black and 3 or 4 narrow oblique bars on anterior 

 diluted portions. Anal reddish or lilac, with 6 or more narrow oblique yellow 

 bars. Caudal dusky reddish, with narrow yellow stripes, edges of lobes blackish. 

 Pectoral clear yellow. Ventral reddish lilac, crossed by 6 yellow bars, front 

 dusky. 



19969. West coast Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. Length, 130 mm. 



12792. Limbe Strait, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. November 10, 1909. Length, 

 206 mm. 



22862. Togian Bay, Togian Island, Celebes. November 19, 1909. Length, 227 

 mm. 



13127. Powati Harbor, Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length, 223 mm. 



13041. Kayoa Island. November 29, 1909. Length, 234 mm. 



12905. Tobea Island. December 14, 1909. Length, 155 mm. 



11175. Nan Wan Bay, Formosa. January 25, 1910. Length, 231 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 6244. Benin Island. William Stimpson. Length, 175 to 180 mm. 

 Two examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 6496. Hong Kong. William Stimpson. Length, 197 mm, 



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